Episode 656: Highlights From the Gardener’s World Spring Fair
This week has been a little different here at the Veg Grower Podcast. While the allotment and kitchen garden have mostly seen me planting ou...
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20 of 101 episodesEpisode 655: Planting Early, Protecting Brassicas & My First Real Beekeeping Experience
We’re at the end of April and everything suddenly feels early this year. Warm days, fast growth, and that sense that the season has properly...
Episode 654: What’s Really Growing This Week — And How Do You Label It All?
This week on the Veg Grower Podcast, Richard takes us through that wonderful mid‑April moment when everything suddenly bursts into life. The...
Episode 653 — Seedlings, Straw Bales & the Aphid Battle Begins
This week’s episode takes us from a sun‑soaked kitchen garden to a windswept allotment and finally into the potting shed, where a familiar s...
Episode 652 Easter Gardening, Potato Planting & Tackling the Hunger Gap
This Easter weekend has been a rare treat. Four full days in the garden, decent weather, and plenty of progress across both the allotment an...
Episode 651: Pea Planting, Beetroot Basics & A Year on the Waterway – Early Spring in the Garden
This Week in the Kitchen Garden Richard opens this week’s episode by describing that classic early‑spring rush — the moment when the light i...
Episode 650: Spring Sunshine, Potato Planting & A Buzzing Start to Beekeeping Season
Spring has finally arrived on the south coast, and with it comes that unmistakable lift in energy across the allotment and kitchen garden. T...
Episode 649- Early Carrots, Soil Care, and the Power of Wool Pellets — This Week on the Veg Grower Podcast
Spring is finally starting to show itself in Richard’s garden this week, with early sowings going into the ground, the greenhouse warming up...
Episode 648: A Big Tree Down, Compost Going Out and My Top Tips for Successful Seed Germination
This week’s episode has been a satisfying mix of big winter jobs finally completed, steady progress in both the kitchen garden and the allot...
Episode 647: March Begins: Soil Warming, Cauliflowers & No‑Dig Gardening
March has arrived and the soil is finally starting to warm up. This week on the podcast In this week’s episode of The Veg Grower Podcast, Ri...
Episode 646: Greenhouse Heating Test, Spring Prep & Beekeeping Insights
This week on the Veg Grower Podcast, I’ve been dodging rain showers, running a greenhouse heating test, answering listener questions, and ge...
Episode 645: Early Signs of Spring, Allotment Prep & Why Grow Lights Matter More Than Ever
This week’s episode of The Veg Grower Podcast was packed with those subtle but exciting signs that the growing season is waking up. After a...
Episode 644 Sowing Seeds, Sodden Soil & Is Crop Rotation Still Necessary?
It’s been another wet and windy week here in Littlehampton, and once again the weather has been calling the shots. Outdoor jobs have been li...
Episode 643: Potato Prep, Celery Sowing & Composting Insights
Welcome back to another episode of The Veg Grower Podcast. This week has very much been about working with the weather, preparing for the se...
Episode 642: Lemon Tree Troubles, Raspberry Pruning & Birdwatching Insights
As the winter months stretch on, many gardeners find themselves dreaming of warmer days and bountiful harvests. In this week's episode of th...
Episode 641- Beekeeping Dreams, Winter Harvests and Tidying Up the Allotment
This week’s podcast is a bit longer than usual, but there’s plenty going on both in the garden and beyond. From steady progress on the allot...
Episode 640: Stormy Weather, Rhubarb Jobs & Learning to Prune Together
This week’s episode was recorded in challenging conditions, with stormy weather sweeping across the UK. I genuinely hope you’ve come through...
Episode 639 Seed of the Month: Chives | Is It Too Early to Sow Seeds?
Happy New Year and welcome to the first episode of 2026. In this week’s podcast I’m easing myself back into the garden after a rough start t...
#638 2025 Wrapped – A Year in the Kitchen Garden and Allotment
This week’s episode is the final Veg Grower Podcast of 2025, and I wanted to take a step back and reflect on what has been a huge year here...
Episode 637 Building an Edible Fence & Planning a Home-Grown Christmas Dinner
This week on the Veg Grower Podcast, I’ve been making the most of a rare bright December day down on the allotment, starting a long-planned...